Re: [gentoo-dev] Issues with mplayer-0.18pre ebuild

[Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@prosalg.no>]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:35:49AM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> Do we:
> 1) look for X in USE, if so make libSDL a required depend and install
>    a .conf that use SDL for sound and video (since SDL can make use of
>    accel and also autodetect the sound ...)?
> 2) if ! X in USE, assume that the framebuffer dev will be used and
>    install a .conf accordingly ?
> 
> This is the easiest way of doing it as far as I can see.  X11 do not 
> give decent output, and determining if OpenGL sould be used, or XV, or
> DGE, etc can be difficult, and since SDL can autodetect this, it should
> make things easier ... same with audio ....

It would seem that you have a prioritized list of options on which graphics
library we should use.

I would suggest that the ebuild goes through that list in prioritized order,
checks which are installed, and if none, have a fallback in place.

SDL as a fallback on X is okay.

Same thing with sound.

If, for some reason, this turnes out to be impossible, you must at least
make a note in post_install() about the fact that the user himself needs to
customize the /etc/mplayer.conf file.

Karl T